公开(公告)号：US12195305B2

公开(公告)日：2025-01-14

申请号：US17603738

申请日：2020-04-15

Applicant: ITREC B.V.

Inventor： Terence Willem August Vehmeijer ,  Matthijs Michiel Stofregen

IPC: B63B27/10 ,  B63B21/16 ,  B63B35/00 ,  B66C13/06 ,  E02D13/04 ,  B63B35/44 ,  B66C23/52 ,  E02B17/00 ,  E02B17/02 ,  E02D7/00

Abstract: A vessel and a method for installation of a pile adapted to support an offshore wind turbine are described. The method includes a) suspending the pile from a hoisting cable in a substantially vertical orientation; b) providing a lower end of the pile in a pile holding system limiting horizontal motion of a pile portion held by the pile holding system; and c) lowering the pile with the pile being held by the pile holding system. The lowering includes at least lowering the pile through a splash zone of a body of water, and during step c), two tugger lines are directly or indirectly connected to the pile at a location between the pile holding system and the hoisting cable, said tugger lines being operated to damp motion of the pile in two respective horizontal directions.